On Thursday, January 30, 2003, 11:11:54 AM, Hal wrote:

>> It's important to keep that in mind because it will take a fair bit of
>> effort by our overstreched RAA representatives to get this done, and
>> we don't want to complicate the task.

> I agree... first things first.

> As for interface issues, I think it would be good 
> to make the most common keywords into checkboxes
> (for purposes of uploading and/or searching). Then
> there could be an "other" textfield.

Yes.  I expect all "official" keywords will be checkboxed, and a free
text field left for others.  Administrators can monitor the existence
of unofficial keywords and decide whether to make them official, thus
streamlining searching.

But...... first things first.

Gavin